While you were out
Submitted by zytka on Sat, 08/21/2004 - 2:43am. Graffiti
"general hospital is still on the air,
sharon osbourne has a talk show,
and race walking is an olympic event.

unemployment is both educational and fascinating."
— printout of an email posted on an office door (Alameda, CA)
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Silliest Olympic event?
Posted by Mike on Sat, 08/21/2004 - 11:05am.
Trampoline. No contest. The sheer springy flippitude of it! Why don't they just combine it with basketball and complete their evolution into basic cable?

Worse than curling. I have spoken.

</jealousy>

[edit] I also wish the announcers would just shut up. Could they be any cattier? Also, NBC's presentation blows. "Hey, let's all pretend this is live even though it's 3am in Greece yet it's clearly about noon on this next tape!" And you know, I have yet to hear any national anthem other than "The Star Spangled Banner." God forbid I should become aware of participants from other countries. Learning about those people is for suckers. Yay for pointless jingoism! I can't imagine why anyone would get sick of that! Go USA!

They were showing close-ups of the female gymnasts last night. I never noticed how totally tarted-up they are! Sheesh, they're like three-year-olds who got into their moms' makeup cases. They're uneven bars, not stripper poles! What the hell is going on? Are they pandering to the judges' Lolita complexes? There's glitter everywhere! It's just creepy! Maybe they're preparing for jobs as circus acrobat clowns? It's not like there's much to do after the Olympics. Look at Mary Lou Retton.

Oh, and Paul Costas has dead eyes. Let the poor jerk get some sleep, NBC!

Okay... I think I'm done.
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